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Bulgarian President calls July 14 consultations on ‘financial situation’

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has scheduled consultations with parliamentary-represented parties and cabinet ministers on July 14 to discuss “the financial

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Bulgaria 

CCB majority shareholder Vassilev decries ‘massed campaign’ against him

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The majority shareholder of Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, said in a statement on July 11 that he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank scandal: Political reactions

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair

Following the announcement of central Bulgarian National Bank’s decision to withdraw the licence of Corporate Commercial Bank while authorities began

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to issue international arrest warrant for CCB majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 11 that it was preparing the paperwork to issue an international arrest warrant for

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Bulgaria 

Sofia appeals court overturns money laundering sentence on ‘Brendo’

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Appellate Court ruled on July 11 to overturn the money-laundering sentence against Evelin “Brendo” Banev, Bulgarian specialist judiciary news

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs fail in bid to overturn veto on Consumer Protection Act amendments

July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A bid by the two parties in Bulgaria’s ruling axis to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of amendments to the

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Bulgaria 

Violent storm hits Bulgaria’s Lovech, leaves 11 villages without electricity

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In the latest blow from heavy weather in Bulgaria this summer, a violent storm broke over the town of Lovech

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Bulgaria 

EC opens five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 10 that it opened five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria, as part of its

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Bulgaria 

Sofia ranks 172nd out of 211 in list of most expensive cities for expatriates

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranked 172nd in a list of 211 cities in the Mercer 2014 Cost of Living Survey.

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